That report had obviously been written by a Generative AI to put a positive spin on things… I shoved the bits in this article back into ChatGPT and asked it to reverse the process, apparently is should have said…
“By slashing our spending, we’re desperately trying to salvage our profits and patch up our shaky balance sheet,” Intel CFO David Zinsner wrote in the mega-corp’s dismal second-quarter earnings report Thursday.
“We’re forced to take these drastic measures to scrape together some liquidity and chip away at our overwhelming debt, all while hoping we can still manage to make investments that might, just maybe, offer some long-term value for shareholders.” "
He was asking his question in light of very the recent cost-cutting measures Intel will be adopting. I gotta admit, this makes me nervous too: pretty much all my devices have been converted to CL.
We’ll update the forum if and when there is any firm news either way. Until then, we’re keeping our fingers crossed that there won’t be any significant impacts.
With the quantum initiative in place, I believe we will be in for quite a few updates which, will have to be accounted for. IBM is now banging them out and has pushed the envelope with Qiskit SDK v1.1 which, is a new release of Qiskit for the future of quantum computing. They have achieved 156 qbits called the IBM_FEZ, Heron r2 QPU with a .6% error per 100 layer gate, rate. The first 4 qbit QPU bench marked faster than and had more processing power than 10,000 of the fastest intel chips made in 2023. This is mind blowing calculation rate coupled with a very low error rate which, has been a major problem with quantum entanglement. A 64 qbit computer can handle every banking transaction in split second transactions, for every monetary transaction on earth. See: Alice, Bob and Eve.
IBM has added a Qiskit 1.0 migration guide which currently includes upgrading Python environments and project dependencies.
Look out! I’ve been watching this sector for seven years and they are coming in hot!!!
IBM Quantum QPU’s
Qiskit Migration Guide
While this type of processing power is not needed by the average computer user, there are 1-4 qbit computers in the works for desktop use. Personally, I will not be putting large sums of capital into Intel.
IBM launches its most powerful quantum computer with 433 qubits
The Quantum System Two is the first truly modular quantum computing system so that you can continue to scale to larger and larger systems over time," Gil told Reuters ahead of the IBM Quantum Summit this week. “Modularity means the chips themselves are going to have to be interconnected to one another.”
IBM said it is targeting for this system to be online by end of next year and it would be the building blocks for “quantum-centric supercomputing” by connecting multiple Quantum System Twos. IBM said it could build a system with up to 16,632 qubits by linking three of these systems.
IBM has over 20 quantum computers around the world, and customers can access them through the cloud.
16,632 qubits!!! CL would be on the screen before you hit the on button!
IBM’s Quantum System Two is designed specifically for quantum computing, which involves a very different architecture and set of requirements compared to classical computing systems. As such, it does not run traditional operating systems like Clear Linux, which is an operating system optimized for performance and security on Intel architecture.
Quantum computers, including those from IBM, require specialized software and control systems to manage quantum operations, qubit control, and error correction. These systems are typically custom-built to handle the unique demands of quantum hardware and are not compatible with classical operating systems.
Clear Linux, or any other traditional OS, would not be suitable for running directly on quantum hardware. Instead, quantum computers use a combination of specialized firmware and software platforms like IBM’s Qiskit to manage and execute quantum algorithms.
Wishing you all the best.
CL would be on the screen before you hit the on button! 